PEARL. The making of the natural pearl commences when a grain of sand from the ocean or river floor works its way into the body of a pearl-bearing mollusk. To protect itself from this alien source of agitation, the mollusk secretes a substance (nacre,...

Pearling may refer to: pearl hunting, the practice of diving for pearls pearling (body modification), a form of genital beading pearling, the name given for beads of oxygen forming on aquatic plants pearling, the sexual practice of a man performing oral...

A death in the Emirates royal family postponed the auction of the largest pearl on the world market, just hours before the bidding was to start Thursday.According to the organizers of the auction, the news that Sheik Saeed Bin Nahyan Bin Mubarak al Nahyan _...

The widow of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl has withdrawn a lawsuit seeking damages against al-Qaida, a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank.In a letter Tuesday to the federal judge presiding over the case, lawyers for Mariane Pearl noted that Habib Bank Limited and the...

The widow of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl has withdrawn a lawsuit seeking damages against al-Qaida, a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank.In a letter Tuesday to the federal judge presiding over the case, lawyers for Mariane Pearl noted that Habib Bank Limited and the...

A Pakistani man who owned the property where Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was murdered by Islamic militants died Friday, weeks after he was freed from four years of mysterious detention, his family said.Saud Memon, 44, who was in the textile business, owned the...